| Re: Program to Submit to forms [message #173918 is a reply to message #173915] |
Thu, 12 May 2011 19:43   |
Charlie
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On May 12, 9:26 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> On 5/12/2011 7:25 AM, Charlie wrote:
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>> On May 12, 12:21 am, Denis McMahon<denis.m.f.mcma...@gmail.com>
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>>> On Wed, 11 May 2011 18:02:40 -0700, Charlie wrote:
>>>> Every reference to form handler ... blah
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>>> Charlie.
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>>> You asked two questions. One question was "Can I do x using php?"
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>>> The answer is yes, and that was the answer you were given.
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>>> If you meant to ask "How do I ..." then ask "How do I ..."
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>>> The other question you asked was "Can I do x using other languages?" and
>>> again you were given the answer yes, because yes is again the correct
>>> answer.
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>>> If you're looking for a method to make a php script load a page from a
>>> website, look at the curl module of php.
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>>> Assuming you have an array of website urls and some formdata, you could,
>>> for example, use a foreach loop to iterate over the array and curl to
>>> submit the formdata to each website in turn.
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>>> curl:http://www.php.net/manual/book.curl.php
>>> foreach:http://www.php.net/manual/control-structures.foreach.php
>>> arrays:http://www.php.net/manual/language.types.array.php
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>>> Rgds
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>>> Denis McMahon
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>> Lessons on grammar and trivialities such as loops are not productive.
>> Nor is the use of singular when referring to an aspect of PHP
>> consisting of 15 different functions, and reference to a page that
>> lists options such as "starting a session" and "getting information on
>> transfers and handles" without explanation as to what they mean or if
>> they relate to what I want to do.
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>> If I want to load a page from a website, you ask? I thought I
>> explained exactly what I want. (I referred to 10 arbitrary URLs to
>> make it clear that the URLs are variable and arbitrary rather than
>> being a single constant URL that might open up the possibility of a
>> hard-coded solution not appropriate for my needs.)
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>> But if nobody is willing to simply talk about PHP code that does what
>> I want (without a barrage of undefined alternate functionality to wade
>> through) I will just pay someone from India to explain it. His
>> English might be even worse than mine, but his sarcasm and
>> condescending level are nonexistant (which also counts.)
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>> Thanks
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>> Charlie
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> With that attitude, you will need to pay someone to help you.
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> Denis's answer was correct - and considering no one here knows your
> level of expertise, I think his comments on loops were fine.
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> As for his comments on curl - he's also correct in pointing you in the
> right direction. Sure there are several functions available - but the
> doc is pretty good on what they do.
etc.
Well, if he was sincere, then my apologies. :)
But it seemed obvious to me what I was asking and it is frustrating
when someone knows something and "points you in the right direction"
instead of just saying which one it is (same number of keystrokes.) I
like to think that if someone asks me a question, I give them a couple
of specifics - like the actual function and a brief description of how
to use it.
I just don't see the point of saying "curl" instead of "curl_exec" or
whichever one it is. I have to spend 30 minutes going through and
trying to figure out 15 functions (and very special ones at that)
because he couldn't type 5 more characters.
Yeah, it's free. But really, whatever the price, if I do something I
do it for real.
Someone who had volunteered to help a standards group I also helped
once said that he wasn't going to do a lot of the job because "I'm
doing it for free." I felt like saying, "You knew the pay scale when
you applied for the job. What if your secretary said "My salary's too
low - I'm not going to do half the job."? If you're not going to do
the job, let someone else who will do it." but I didn't.
Not going to happen? To me writing code (using constructs that I
know, of course) is like writing English. If someone asks how to do
something that I know how to do, I just do it - write the code, here's
the function. I don't give a link to 15 functions and say it's one of
them, go figure it out. It will happen if someone asked me and I knew
the answer. My posts tend to be pretty long and detailed.
So I guess I have to learn to ignore the ones that really don't help
that much. I'm thinking it can't be that much to post to a form on
another URL.
Of course I could be wrong.
I AM a big perfectionist, actually.
I voted for Ross Perot. (Look up his interviews. Multi-billionaire
who talked about people becoming lazy after World War II and America
losing its edge. He got 15% of the vote.)
Charlie
> The real problem here is you asked a broad question - and got a broad
> response. If you ask more specific question, you get a more specific
> response.
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> Or maybe you expected someone here to write the code for you and hand it
> to you on a silver platter for free. It ain't gonna happen.
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> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
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